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THE HONGKONG

A COOLIE IN TROUBLE"

CRIMINAL SESSIONS:

TO-DAYS CABES,

The June Criminal Sessions were opened this morning, His Lordship, Sir ·· William Rees Davies, KC Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Melbourne sitting.

RETURNED BANISHES. Chun Luk was charged before the Chief Justice with dis- obedience of the order of banish- ment and pleaded guilty.

The Attorney General said the accused was banished for ten years in 1917. He returned and Was banished for life and bad again returned.

His Lordship said that the case was not as bad as some he had had before him, who had returned several times. He would there- fore pass a more lenient sentence

in the hope that accused would THE not return again. If he did a

| much more severesentence would be inflicted. Accused would go to prison with hard labour for eighteen months,

JAPANESE IMPRISONED FOR

BRIBERY.

Two Japanese, Kodama and Okuda, were charged before the the Chief Justice with giving a bribe and pleaded guilty.

second

The Chief Justice said that these, cases of bribery varied a good deal in character. He would like to know whether the Crown' pressed the case.

The Attorney General said the offence was committed on board the Rosan Mara on the 24th of last month. Chief Officer Wildin, of the Revenue Department, with several other revenue, officers, were on board the ship searching for opium when they came to a certain place near which some Ngan Loi, à coolie at a fire bags of opium were found. ment of Bostock's Circus than wood shop in Yaumati, said he The two defendants came up and was the case last evening when suffered from a sore foot, and could offered to one of the revenue the tent was packed to its limit. I not work, and this was the reason officers.two notes of Rs. 100 each. Those who know the Hongkong why he collected his employer's The two defendants, one of whom community will realise what this bills "on the sly." His legitimate was a storekeeper and the other means, for never have Hongkong bussiness was to carry firewood to a quartermaster on the people been known to turn out the consumers' houses, but finding Kosan Mara, were together for any sort of a performance, in that he derived but very little and the money was apparently such strength on such a night "pidgin from this work, he supplied by the We had been told that the appointed himself shroff.

He defendant Who banded it Circus was something the like purloined a bill which was made over to the first defendant. It of which had never before out in advance against the was understood that the opium been seen in the Colony, Yaumati branch of the Sincere was found in a room of which the, and those who attended the Erst Company and forthwith repaired first defendant, had the key... performance last night went thither to demand payment. He expecting to see something really received the mogey, though not good. They were not disappoint." without some objection on the ed. Mr. Bosteck fully justified part of the Sincere people. his claims, and under the most on the score that the bill bore no trying circumstances. He has an chop of the firewood shop A The Attorney General said the aggregation of the highest pos-, plausible statement, together Chief Revenue Officer took a very sible talent in the particular line with a name which he took care serious view of the case because of entertainment which he pro- to be different from his own, Chinese revenue officers were vides. Every turn is a star turn satisfied them, and he went out extremely liable to bribery. The and there are second-rate of the store the richer by $3:99. | Chinese revenue officers did not artists to "ll up." The perform- The inevitable discovery came.get anything ont of a seizure of ing animals are wonderfalls The master of the firewood opium. It was important that a trained, the acrobats perform shop, after having missed the bill, severe penalty be inflicted. unheard-of feats and the, made out a duplicate one and clowns are not only funny sent it to the Sincere store, but really gifted humourists when he was informed that the "Maximo. the wire walking bill had already been paid to an turn; can only he described as unknown person. As the result. extraordinary.

He goes through of further investigations, the evolutions on a slack wire that Sincere people were told to look would take a trained acrobat to out and capture the thief if he accomplish on solid earth, This should come again.

The coolie turn is alone worth going to see. did come. again. Festerday. There can be no two words about armed with a bill for a large it, the man is simply marvellous amount, which he had alustaden With regard to the arrangements from his shop He was asked of the Circus, here again the sign the bill, and when he had, Management have kept their fairly committed himself by com promise. The tent is brilliantly plying with the request, they look iluminated by electricity and is him by the collar.

no

are

was

His Lordship inflicted a sen- tence of three months' harr labour on each of the accused.

ATTEMPTED MURDER. Before the Puisne Judge. Chan Hing and Wong Cheung were charged with wounding with intent to murder and wounding with intent to maip.

Accused pleaded not guilty. The Crown Solicitor. Mr. G .H. Wakeman, appeared for the pro- secution, and the accused were undefended..

The jurymen were Mayers W. L. Weaser, P. Rapp, L. R: Remedios. C. Stewart. B. W.

very prettily decorated. In the At the Police Court today, the Tape, J. Wilson and A. P. Samy. boxes comfortable armed wicker-coolje admitted one offence only,

Outlining the case, the Crown work chairs

provided Sergeant Murphy, who prosecut-Solicitor said the two prisoners ..and the whole arrangements ed, said that 怎么 the coole were charged in the first instance.

for the comfort of patrons are admitted one charge. he

with wounding a Parsee gentle- complete. The band is quite a prepared to withdraw the other.

mm named J. D. Langdana different thing from the usual Mr. R. O. Hutchison sentenced with intent to kill and murder, trumpet and drum disturbance" the coolie to six weeks hard and. in the second instance, with -we are accustomed to in a circus, labour.

the same offence against another and the ring attendants, all of

Parsee gentlemen named . B.C. whom are Europeans, add to the

Tavaria, on May 2 last. The general scene of "finish" in their

accused were also charged smart white uniforms. We have

with wounding the same gentle witnessed every Circus that has visited the East for the past

man with intent to maim. The two Parsee gentlemen carried on fifteen years, but we have never

business at No. 22 Feel Street as seen one that could be compared

London, June 15. A Vickers-Gotla and Company, merchants.

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

ANGLO AMERICAN SUCCESS.

in any way with Bostock's, Vimy biplane, carrying Alcott. They had an office on the ground and, given a little more of the luck which the Management British pilot, and Brown. Ameri-floor and a living room on the On that floor also can, started from St. John's at first floor. so well deserve with regard to weather conditions, the Circas 413 on Saturday afternoon and slept, under the staircase, the landed at Clifden, Ireland, at 9.40 on Sunday morning.

The flight occupied 16 hours, and was mostly through fog

should experience a record run for a Hongkong season.

Unfortunately last evening's

performance was considerably Reuter's Pacific Service.

marred owing to the heavy rain and strong wind, and the artists went through their various turns

under the greatest difficulty.. In the end the programme had to be

RED TAPE.. Much indignation was

I.

cut short. Nothing but olid pressed at New York a few weeks

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"BLAZING. LOVE."

It sounds a good title, doesn't it? And, you can believe as, the play is all that the name implies-Six absorbing reels of stormy passion with Virginia Pearson in the leading role, beloved

If it and loving and then no longer loved

were

not for the great pictures we have just finished · showing. we should be tempted to call it a superproduction.

Commencing

to-morrow

office hoy and the mess boy, who them very badly and on the were the two prisoners in the morning in question had made an dock. The evidence would show attack on them with the hara- that the two Parsee gentlemen mers, which were snatched away. went to bed on. the Neither of the accused, however, night of May I in the showed any signs of having been usual way. Somewhere about attacked.

4 o'clock, the night soil coolie went up to the premises and one

of the prisoners got up to let him guilty.

in. One of the gentlemen told

that these two gentlemen were

at the CORONET

LICENSING BOARD.

J.P. NOMINATED."

An election of a J. P. to serve Eridence was then taken.. The jury found the accused on the Licensing Board during |the absence of Mr. T. F. Hough, Ets Lordship passed sentance is to take place on Monday next. The only nomination so fär

Smith, who is proposed by dir sent in is that of Mr. H. Percy

Paul Chater and seconded by Mr. M. 8. Northcote.

bricks and mortar could with ago at the plight of 2.700 the boy to get his bath ready, but of seven years hard labour and stand such a deluge. We do Americans who fought in the not think the stopping of the British Army, and were being the boy did not answer. The eighteen strokes of the "cat" on performance last night" will kept on board the Mauretania next thing that happened was each of the accused. make the slightest difference because they were without means awakened by feeling very dazed ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.

of immediately establishing their for it only requires a moment's

both discovered that Kwok Fook: and Yeung Kung thought to realise that such a nationality to the satisfaction of ind

they had been" very badly Nei were charged before the the immigration officials. The storin is not likely to occur again difficulty seems to have been red wounded, "about the head and Paisne Judge with assault and unless a typhoon "strikes the tape and mismanagement on both having to be sent to hospital. The same jury as in the pre-The robbers gained admittance

were in a critical condition, robbery and pleaded not guilty. Colony, of which we should the American and British side. Two hammers, which were kept, vious case was empanelled by sending in a woman on the receive fall warning.

but especially the formidable congratulate Mr Bostock questions of the immigration in the once were found in the Outlining the case, the Crown text of viewing the cubicle

and after firing on his fine show. He deserves officials that it was necessary to that the accused used them were charged with

bedroom, and it was submitted Solicitor said

ery at which narrowly ZILIBRE to get a fall house at every per-answer before it was certain that for the purpose of attacking No 24, Western formance in future, to make up these men could be safely let their masters. The accused

reet on plainant, procee

Kow erefay 4 Chan exceeding bad luck, in icosa on the United States and

and, e married woma

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fight for liberty in European

statement, said

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